Lust For Window Sills - Hardcover

Mount, Harry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1408700905 ISBN 13: 9781408700907

Publisher: Little, Brown, 2008

Synopsis

Rare book

About this title

About the Author:

Born in 1971, Harry Mount has degrees in Ancient & Modern History from Oxford and Architectural History from the Courtauld Institute. He is a writer and journalist who regularly writes for a range of national newspapers including the Telegraph, Daily Mail and Guardian.

Review:

** 'Marvellous . . . this book is going to do for architectural history what Lynne Truss's EATS, SHOOTS AND LEAVES did for punctuation . . . Erudite, playful, witty and inspiring, it is destined to transform the way we look at old buildings . . . Barely a sentence passes without some fascinating and often incredibly useful titbit revealing itself . . . . You'll wonder how you lived without it―LITERARY REVIEW

John Goodhall, COUNTRY Life―** 'It's a stroll, a jaunt, possibly a meander, taking the reader through all the architectural periods, around most building types and down numerous strange-smelling alleys. In his previous book, AMO

** 'brilliant, offbeat celebration . . . Harry Mount offers an uncluttered survey of British architectural history and clear, memorable explanations. It is packed with intelligent tips . . . Mounts is an irreverent entertaining guide - Thomas Marks, DAILY―** 'I have been endeavouring to console myself with Harry Mount's rather brilliant book A LUST FOR WINDOW SILLS, reckoning that an ability to distinguish my Doric from my Ionic might distract from my

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1408700905
• ISBN 13: 9781408700907
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384